The quality of this batch of pills is quite good; most are top-grade, some are excellent, and only a small portion are mid-grade.
The main reason was the exceptionally high quality of the medicinal herbs, coupled with her significant increase in cultivation during this period. Refining second- and third-grade pills was now effortless for her; she could even control the refining of three batches of pills at once using her mental power. Even refining fourth-grade pills had become much easier, reducing the time required by a full third.
In fact, if Ye Xi knew that the most popular elixir on Saintess Peak was the Youth Preservation Pill, she would understand. No woman doesn't love beauty, and no female cultivator doesn't care about her appearance. Regardless of your cultivation level, a Youth Preservation Pill can maintain your most beautiful appearance for ten years, a mid-grade Youth Preservation Pill for twenty years, a high-grade one for thirty years, and a top-grade one for fifty years.
Although its effects only last for a few decades, it can be taken repeatedly without diminishing its effectiveness. The alchemist who invented the Youth Preservation Pill was undoubtedly a genius. It's probably the only thing that could make female cultivators in the world willingly spend money on it.
However, the Youth-Preserving Pill is a fifth-grade pill, and its refining difficulty is comparable to that of a sixth-grade pill. Why not put it in the sixth-grade pill category? Because it's too useless; it only preserves youth.
Even if Ye Xiruo managed to refine it at her current level, the failure rate would be frighteningly high. Sighing, seeing a mountain of gold right before her eyes, yet having to let it slip away, Ye Xiruo's face contorted with frustration.
No, she still had to try tonight to see if she could succeed in refining it. She still had hundreds of bottles of youth-preserving pills in her ring, which her senior brother had worked overtime to produce after he learned that she was coming to Saintess Peak.
“Those are all female cultivators. If there’s anything they can’t handle, they just smash the Youth Preservation Pill.”
Brother Xiu Qi and his master also agreed, as the eldest brother only refined high-grade and top-grade pills.
If she were to refine it herself, she would probably only get low-grade or mid-grade pills, which would be a disgrace to the Pill King's Hall. Ye Xiruo was filled with melancholy.
Su Shaxuan arrived very quickly. It's estimated that news of Ye Xiruo's great achievements over the past two days had already reached Su Shaxuan's ears, and she arrived soon afterward.
What she saw was Ye Xiruo resting her chin on her hands, looking utterly dejected. Su Shaxuan teleported directly in front of Ye Xiruo, his expression hesitant, making Ye Xiruo wonder if she had done something wicked again. But then she realized she hadn't!
She blinked, looking at Su Shaxuan with an innocent expression: "Senior Sister Su Sha, is there something you need? Can I help you?"
Su Shaxuan's expression instantly returned to its previous indifference: "I was worried that something might have happened to you. Elder Lianqing told me that you hadn't left your room for three whole days. You got up to eat, but then you collapsed again."
Ye Xiruo nodded, as if there was such a thing.
Su Shaxuan took Ye Xiruo's pulse and found it to be stable, indicating no serious problem, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I've been in seclusion refining pills these past few days. I got so engrossed in it that I lost track of time and made you all worry. I'm fine now."
"Is it the same for you in the Pill King Palace?"
Ye Xiruo nodded: "With the eldest senior brother, the second senior brother, and Mingxi, they usually only go into seclusion for two or three days."
"It's really pitiful to be your senior brother. What kind of pills have you refined these past two days? Are you refining so many pills to sell?"
Ye Xiruokuang nodded: "How did you know?"
Ye Xiruo flicked her hand, and a pile of pill bottles appeared directly on the table, about a hundred bottles in total.
Su Shaxuan was also somewhat surprised. In just three days, Ye Xiruo was able to refine so many pills. She truly lived up to her reputation as a divine master.
"These pills are all grade three or four, the worst being mid-grade pills, and most of them are high-grade pills. Will they be able to sell?"
Ye Xiruo was a little uneasy. Despite her title as a divine master, she couldn't even produce a fifth-grade pill, which was truly shameful.
"You are already a fourth-grade alchemist." In just over half a year, you have actually advanced from a first-grade alchemist to a fourth-grade alchemist. Such speed is something that even the Emperor back then could not catch up with.
"I'm rather lazy. I spend three days refining pills and two days resting, so my level increase is limited."
Su Shaxuan was speechless. It turned out that this speed was deliberately slowed down by others. If this got out, I wonder how many alchemists would want to commit suicide.
"These pills were all refined by you personally. Putting aside the value of the pills themselves, there are many people who would want them just for collection. You have given them an opportunity to brag to the younger generation."
Ye Xiruo blushed slightly.
"Then tell me, is there a market for low-grade anti-aging pills?"
"What? You can refine the Youth Preservation Pill?" This is an extremely difficult-to-refine fifth-grade pill. Could it be that Ye Xiruo can refine pills beyond her grade?
"I'm not too sure, but it's probably going to succeed, but it's about the quality. You know, top-quality is definitely out of the question."
"What does it matter? Just buy a few more low-grade ones."
"Consuming too many low-grade pills can cause pill poisoning, which will affect cultivation."
"For the sake of beauty, what is erysipelas? I can even swallow arsenic without batting an eye."
"That's terrifying!"
"That's right. You'll never understand how much female cultivators care about their appearance. If you could refine the Rejuvenation Pill, all the female cultivators in the world would love you."
“That’s a sixth-grade pill. Even if you killed me, I couldn’t refine it.” Ye Xiruo said with a bitter smile.
"I was just saying, just saying, please don't take it seriously."
"I only have five Rejuvenation Pills in stock, all refined by my senior brother. They are all top-grade pills. There are also high-grade and top-grade Anti-aging Pills. But I'm worried that once the high-grade ones are released, who will still buy the low-grade and mid-grade ones? Wouldn't I be ruining the reputation of the Pill King Hall?"
"What does it matter? You release a few, claiming they are top-grade pills that have been refined over hundreds of batches. Focus on selling your low-grade and mid-grade pills. Do you have Ice Heart Pills?"
"have."
"The Ice Heart Pill has the function of clearing away pill toxins, and it is perfect to use it in conjunction with the low-grade and mid-grade Youth Preservation Pills."
"Yes, how come I didn't think of that?"
Ye Xiruo took out three bottles of top-grade anti-aging pills and handed them to Su Shaxuan: "These are for you, Lianchi, and Elder Lianqing. Keep them safe."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'll go and make the arrangements now. You'd better be able to refine a large quantity of Youth Preservation Pills in the next couple of days, and then sell them as a signature product."
"Alright." It seems that she, who has just emerged from seclusion, is about to go into seclusion again to refine pills. For the sake of spirit stones, she'll risk it all.
The sign for "Secluded Cultivation" was once again hung outside Ye Xiruo's door. The entire Saintess Peak was abuzz with rumors that the young master was diligently cultivating day and night, practically becoming a new generation of workaholic.
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